Nelson County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand the Appomattox County Raiders a 2-0 shutout. Given Nelson County's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while Appomattox County is ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nathan Manthey was the driving force of Nelson County's attack as he scored both of Nelson County's goals, his season total up to 32 goals.
Nelson County pushed their record up to 14-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Appomattox County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-4-2.
Nelson County will head out on the road to challenge Galileo at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Nelson County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season. As for Appomattox County, they will head out on the road to face off against Altavista at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Appomattox County is facing Altavista at the right time seeing as Altavista is stuck on a 14-game losing streak.
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